Skirt-marker



0. W. JAMES.

SKIRT MARKER.

APPHCATION FILED APR. 6- 918.

INVENTOR Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

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ATTORNEY DON W. JAMES, OF OREGON CITY, OREGON.

SKIRT-MARKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 6, 1918. Serial No. 227,057.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DON W. JAMES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oregon City, in the county of Clackamas and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirt- Markers, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to dress makers appliances, and more particularly to skirt markers.

The object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed, easily operated marker designed for use by a woman to mark the desired length of her own skirt while wearlng it.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which may be quickly adjusted for use and the marking operation quickly effected by the pressure of a bulb.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:-

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a marker constructed in accordance with this invention shown in operative position ready for use.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

In the embodiment illustrated, the marker constituting this invention comprises an annular tubular member 1 having a slot 2 on its inner face around its entire circumference, from which project oppositely disposed lips 3, the free edges being arranged in close proximity so as to afford a minimum space between them and yet permit powder to be blown through the lips in a manner presently to be described.

The annular member 1 is mounted for vertical adjustment on a plurality of legs 4, three of which are here shown and which are preferably constructed of metal rods having laterally extending feet 5 wlth balls 6 at their ends, the weight of the standard or rod 4 being preferably supported on said balls to provide for the easy movement of the device over the supporting surface.

The annular member 1 is provided with laterally extending apertured lugs7 through which the rods 4 are designed to pass and to be adjustably secured therein by set screws 8. These rods 4 have graduations marked thereon so that the ring or member 1 may be adjusted at any desired height from the supporting surface of the marker to determine the proper length of the skirt to be marked.

Mounted on the member 1 is a container 9 which may be of any suitable or desired construction and which communicates with the interior of the annular tubular member 1 and is designed to hold powdered chalk.

or similar material for use in marking. A tube 10 opens through the top of the container 9 and is provided at its free end with a bulb 11 which is designed to be grasped by the wearer of the skirt to be marked as shown in Fig. 1. The tube 10 is preferably of flexible material and when the bulb 11 is compressed, air will be forced through the tube into the container 9 and thus eject the powder therein through the tubular member 1. The powder entering this tube under air pressure will be forced out through the slot 2 between the lips 3 and against the skirt to be marked. This powder adhering to the skirt will indicate the line on which the skirt is to be turned up.

When this device is not in use,it obviosuly may be disassembled by releasing the set screws 8 andremoving the rods 4 so that it will occupy comparatively small space. When it is desired for use, the rods are insorted through the lugs 7 and after the ring has been adjusted at the proper height, in accordance with the scale carried by the rods, the set screws 8 are tightened and the device isthen ready for use, all that is necessary being for the wearer of the skirt to be marked to step inside the ring as shown in Fig. 1, and then to grasp the bulb 11 and press it to force the powder in the container 9 out through the tube 1 against the skirt in the manner above set forth.

. The foregoing description and the drawings have reference to what may be considered the preferred or approved form of my invention. It is to be understood that I may make such changes in construction and arrangement and combination of parts,

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materials, dimensions, etc, as may prove expedient and fall within the scope of the ap ended claim.

aving thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 2- A skirt marker comprising an annular, tubular member having a slot on its inner face around its entire circumference, lips projecting laterally from said slot to form guides, integral apertured lugs extending radially from the periphery of said member, a plurality of rods adjustably mounted in said lugs respectively with their lower ends 15 bent laterally outward to form feet, set

screws for holding said rods in adjusted position, a powder container mounted on said member and communicating with the interior thereof, a tube opening through the top of the container, and a bulb carried by the free end of the tube, said bulb being compressible to force air through the tube into the container to eject powder through the slot in the tubular member.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

DON JAMES. Witnesses:

J. F. CLARK, G. P. MORRIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

